Marionette toy



A 25, 1931'. H. T, ROGERS 1,820,367

MARIONETTE TOY Filed April 22, 1929 .4 n1 f 5 [l a: F m :i

INVENTOR I7. I E gacra ATTORN EYd e Patented Aug. 25, 1931 2 UNITED STTES PAT ENT] oF cE j HARRY .1 ROGERS, or c uoaeo, ILLrNoIs .MaRIoNn'r'rETOY Application filed April 22, 1929 serial No. 357,249.

7 whereby it may be actuated.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the typedescribed which has novel means for actuating the marionette, presumablyofl' stage, so that it will begin dancing asit is moved into view. I

A further object. of my, invention is to provide a device of the typedescribed which will move the marionette off the stage before vided forthe aperture 2.

it stops dancing. p p

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification,and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed outin the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in. the accompanying drawings forming partof this appli-' cation, in which I I Figure 1 is a front elevation of mydevice, and Y Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view of my device.

In carrying out my invention 1, provide a casing 1 having an aperture 2disposed in the front wall 3 thereof. A stage floor 4 is pro- Amarionette or doll 5 is provided with a plurality of threads whichareconnected to the various portions thereof; Threads 6 and 7 each have oneof their ends attached to the hand portions 8 and 9, and their otherends secured to actuating levers 10 and 11. Threads 12 and 13'have'their lower ends attached to the foot portions 14 and 15,respectively, and their upperends attached'to actuating levers 16 and 17respectively. A thread 18 has one end attached to the seat portion 19and the other end attached to an actuating lever 20. A thread 21 hasoneend attached to the head portion 22 and the other end attached to anactuating lever 23.

The actuating levers are pivotally mounted at their rear ends upon apivot rod 24 and are'held in-uppermost positions by means of like manneractuating the lever "20.

tension springs 25. The actuating levers l0. 11', 16, 17'. 20, and 23are attached to hand by means of cables 32 or the like. Thehand levershave their inner ends pivotally levers 26, 27, 28, 29, 30,.and 31,respectively,

mountedupon a pivot rod 33. The pivot rods 2 1 and 33 have their endsextending through and rigidly held by the side walls of the casing. i z1 a I j From the foregoingdescription of the various parts of thedevice, this form of my infvention may be clearly understood. The"various parts of the marionette may beactu-' atedby actuating the handlevers and in a f like manner moving thev actuating levers so as to movethe various members, such as,

the feet, with respect to each other or the hands. The marionettemayalso be raised or lowered by actuating the lever 30 and in a I claimA. device of thetype described comprising a casing having a frontwall,"a back wall,

and a partitioning wall positioned there-m between, a floor portionconnecting the hot-- tom portion of said partitioning wall with saidfront wall, a plurality of actuating levers, each of said levershavingan end pivotally mounted within the casing, said levers extendingbeneath the floor portion and through slots in the front wall,laplurality of actuated levers, each of said levers having one endpivotally mounted within the caslng and extending through slots 1n thepartitioning wall, connecting links for connecting the actuatingleverswith the actuated levers, a marionette positioned between saidpartitioning wall and the front wall,

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said front wall having an opening therein' whereby said marionette maybe visible from the exterior of the casing, and means con-' nectingeach. of the actuated levers with various parts of the marionettewhereby said marionette will make various movements when the actuatinglevers are moved.

Signed at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, this A.D. 1929.

HARRY T. ROGERS.

18th day of April,

